Larry Johnson: People will judge me, but I didn’t do it

Posted by Michael David Smith on October 6, 2012, 8:01 PM EST

AP

After his arrest on Friday in Las Vegas, former All-Pro running back Larry Johnson has now been arrested five different times after allegations of violence toward women. But Johnson insists the latest allegation against him is bogus.

In court, Johnson is of course due the same presumption of innocence that every criminal defendant is entitled to receive. But Johnson’s past history makes it hard to give him the benefit of the doubt.

In 2003, Johnson was charged with felony aggravated assault and misdemeanor domestic battery, but those charges were dropped when he agreed to enter a domestic violence diversion program. In 2005, he was arrested for assaulting a woman, but that charge was dropped when the woman didn’t appear in court to testify against him. In 2008, he was arrested once in February when a woman accused him of shoving her and once in October when a woman accused him of spitting in her face. Johnson pleaded guilty to two counts of disturbing the peace as part of a plea deal on both of those accusations.

Now Johnson is accused of choking a woman in a Las Vegas hotel. And Johnson is right: People will pass judgment on him for his previous record.

Helloooooooo. Of course people will judge you based on your past actions. Hell we judge people when they do something like this one time much less 5 times. You sir are an idiot. You should try this on a man and see what happens. I’m probably about your size. Message me on twitter & I will meet up with ya sometime. Sad thing is you probably think you are a Big Man too. I used to love watching you play ball and there was no one better for about a 4 year run. This is just sad LJ

I hope the prosecutor is able to charge and convict this cowardly POS with more than a slap on the wrist before he pulls an OJ on some woman! This guy was a d-bag while he was in the NFL and he’s still a d-bag. Real men don’t hit women. Guys like him make me sick.

Prisons are filled with innocent people. If you ask them, 99% of prisoners “didn’t do it” either, Larry. I guess you didn’t do it the 4 prior times you were accused of beating up on a woman, too. This guy is a worthless POS. Sandusky & LJ, Penn State’s finest.

Let’s not forget that not only did he play for Paterno, but his dad was the d-line coach for Paterno while Sandusky was coordinator (and still is a coach under O’Brien). Wow, just so many reasons to be Penn State Proud.

Man, there sure are a lot of ‘OJ’ references in this story’s comments. I went back through and took a shot every time I saw ‘OJ’ and I have a nice buzz. Props to the 1 guy who referenced him as a 2K rusher as opposed to acquitted murderer…

bingocostello says:
Oct 6, 2012 9:51 PM
A graduate of the Jim Brown school of social graces!

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Jim Brown championed civil rights and economic empowerment among A-American athletes. He’s not one of the greatest NFL players who ever lived, hes one of the greatest human beings that ever lived. He also started AMER-I-CAN, and worked with gangs.

He retired on his own terms and went on to do film. A great and deeply thoughtful and political person – so of course the media was going to bring him down and play up clowns like Deion Sanders.